Curtain draper



ATTORNEYS I INVENTOR ROMA/NAA. NOR TON R A. NORTON CURTAIN DRAPER Flled Jan 5 1925 Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

ROXANNA A. NORTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN DRAPER.

Application filed January 5, 1925. Serial No. 634.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Roxanna A. NORTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Curtain Draper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion.

This invention relates to curtain drapers and more particularly to a device adapted to be secured to a window frame or adjacent support and over which curtains may be draped or hung in the event a full window opening is desired.

It is a well known fact that the proper positioning of curtains to hang them or position them out of the way at certain periods is a very real problem. For example, at night when it is desired to open the window, the curtains should be drawn aside, first, to allow full ventilation and, second, to prevent the curtains from flapping and becoming soiled. At other times, when it is desired to wash the window or for any other reason the curtains should be drawn back, the ordinary methods em ployed are more or less injurious to the curtains and extremely unhandy.

It is, therefore, the purpose of my invention to provide a device or devices which can be conveniently attached to the wmdow frame, which will be out of the Way when not desired for use, and which can be readily moved to operative position and rema1n 1n such position so as to permit the curtains to be swung back of them or draped thereon and properly held so as to give a full exposure to the window openin A further object is to provide a device of this character which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonably low price, which can be conveniently attached by any one of average intelligence, and which will most eliiciently perform the functions for which it is intended.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arral'lgements of parts, which will be more In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 1s a perspective v1ew illustrating ,my improved devices in operative position on a window frame;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of my improved devices showing the same in vertical or inoperative position;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the de vice showing the same in horizontal or operative position.

1 represents a window frame, 2 the sashes therein and 3 the curtains, which are hung in any approved or ordinary manner. At each side of the window frame I attach one of my improved curtain drapers, and as these devices are precisely alike, a description of one will apply alike to both.

My improved draper comprises two parts, namely, a supporting bracket 4 and an arm 5. The bracket 4 constitutes a plate adapted to be secured to the edge of the window frame by screws 6 or other analogous securing devices, and is formed with a tongue 7 which is stamped from the material of the plate and laterally offset therefrom, as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3.

At the rear edge of the plate, a laterally projecting lug 8 is formed on the plate at and is in alinement with the tongue 7.

The arm 5 is made with a longitudinal slot 9 receiving the tongue 7 and is also made at one end with a recess 10 adapted to receive the lug 8 when the arm is in horizontal position, as indicated in Figure 3. The free end of the arm 5 is bent into general hook-shape, as indicated at 11, so as to prevent the accidental removal of the cur tain 3 when positioned thereover.

In operation, when the curtains are hanging straight on the window frame, my. improved devices are located as indicated in Figure 2 with the arm 5 hanging vertically opposite the window frame so as to be out of sight and offer no unsightly appearance. When it is desired to orape the curtains back, the arm 5 is moved to a horizontal position by turning the same on the tongue 7 and is then given a slightrearward longitudinal movement to position the lug 8 in the recess 10, as indicated in Figure 3, to maintain the arm 5 in horizontal position. When the parts are thus positioned, the curtains can be swung backwardly over the arms and draped thereover in any desired manner.

While I have illustrated what I believe is a preferred embodiment of niy invention, it is obvious that'various slight changes and alterations might be madevin the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A device of the character described, com prising two members, one member consisting of a plate, a laterally oii'set integral forwardly projecting tongue stamped from the metal of the plate at the forward portionof the plate, a laterally projecting integral lug on the plate bent at right angles. thereto and located at the rear of the plate in horizontal alinement with said tongue, the other nerzeee member constituting an arm bent at its forward end laterally and then rearwardly, constituting a hook-shaped barrier to prevent the escape of the curtain over the free end of the arm, and said arm also at its other end having a longitudinal slot therein receiving the tongue and having a recess in its extremity to receive the lug whereby when the arm is in engagement with the lug it will be held in horizontal position, and when moved forwardly to free it from the lug can be swung downwardly on the tongue as a pivot, and can be uncoupled from the tongue by a lateral twisting movement.

ROXANNA A. NORTON. 

